selected ufo cases
Witness Sketches
Couple witness disc-shaped object
October, 31, 1974 - Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
"It was less than 100 yards away and about 200-300 feet up, and they could see through the red halo as the bright light "had been swung away" from them. Like a large hamburger bun, the color of "dirty brass" it had a base of about 25 feet, then an outer flange. The diameter of the body of the craft, they feel, was 30 feet. A "belt" of square-shaped windows circled the object." View full report
Source: Graham Conway, UFO*BC ID: 961
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Witness Sketch, Portholes/Windows, Vehicle Encounter
Five Objects Hover Over Canadian Field
September, 1, 1974 - Langenburg, Saskatchewan, Canada
Farmer Edwin Fuhr saw a symmetrical bun-shaped object that was hovering about a foot off the ground. He noted also that the grass underneath was being imparted a clockwise swirling motion. [There were] four additional identical objects... View full report
Source: APRO Bulletin, Vol. 23 No. 2 (Sept/Oct 1974) ID: 304
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Physical Trace, Multiple UFOs, Witness Sketch
Huge ship and three smaller craft seen by salesman in Spain
March, 20, 1974 - Castillo de las Guardas, Spain
A pocketbook salesman, Adrian Sanchez Sanchez, was making the rounds of his customers, when he encountered an airship of gigantic proportions, which he calculated to be between 150 and 200 metres long. "I noticed how a large door opened in the tail end of the ship and how a formation of three smaller ships, in the shape of yo-yos, approximately 8 metres long, proceded to enter the larger one; but the last one turned and came slowly towards me." View full report
Source: Eileen Buckle, FSR Vol. 20 No. 3 ID: 599
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Multiple UFOs, Witness Sketch
Close encounter with saucer at Quakers Hill, Australia
1974 - Quakers Hill, Australia
"My sister and myself were driving... when the car suddenly shook violently then completely stopped, nothing worked, not even the radio... That's when I observed this massive circular disc shaped object, it didn't seem to be much higher than the power pole. It was surrounded completely by lights and had a dome in the middle on the top." View full report
Source: UFO Research (NSW), Australia ID: 620
Case Type: RawReport Features: Vehicle Interference, Witness Sketch
Disc-shaped object with dome hovers over radio tower
July, 7, 1973 - Odessa, Texas, United States
Smooth stainless steel disk, right above radio tower one hundred fifty feet up in air. No windows seen, 5 witnesses, 6 counting electrician for radio company. Also had dome top. 100 foot diameter. Causing static on radio transmisson. View full report
Source: UFOEvidence.org ID: 607
Case Type: RawReport Features: Witness Sketch, E-M Effects
Woman observes disk-shaped object moving over field in daylight
July, 4, 1973 - West Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
On the evening of July 4, 1973, Cecile (age approximately early 70's) was sitting on her patio having a smoke while her husband showered. As she sat, she noticed movement from her left peripheral view (north east). She then observed a large, disk shaped object descending from just above the tree line into the field. It then rose slowly, just high enough to clear trees, moved slowly to the south and disappeared from sight. The witness had an unobstructed view of the object from a distance of 300 feet, in daylight. View full report
Source: Investigated by Bruce Tilden and Tony Douglas, Western Massachusetts MUFON ID: 721
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Witness Sketch
Two hunters witness brilliant disc passing over Vienna woods
August, 3, 1972 - Agsbach Valley, Austria
Reinhold Hering, a head forester in his thirties and sportswoman Erika Graef were hunting in Agsbach Valley when they saw a bright UFO appear from behind a pine tree. Mrs. Graef said, "With the naked eye you could clearly see the disc which gave off a brilliant light." The strange object was in sight for 10-15 seconds and was estimated to be 180 feet in diameter. View full report
Source: Ernst Berger, FSR Vol. 20 No. 1 ID: 597
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Witness Sketch
Silver, football-field sized boomerang-shaped UFO over Fort Stockton, Texas
1972 - Fort Stockton, Texas, United States
"There was an Elementary School just a few yards from the corner of Main and Colpits and right up above the school was a Silver object about the size of a Football Field. It hovered about 50 feet above the school and it was shaped like a boomerang. From my position I figured that it was about 10 to 15 feet thick. But the strangest thing about the incident was, how the people in Ft. Stockton reacted to it." View full report
Source: UFO Info (UFOInfo.com) / HBCCUFO.org, Brian Vike, Director ID: 1147
Case Type: StandardCase Features: Children, Witness Sketch
